News Bulletins

USA Hockey- 'Navy's Hockey Program Anchored Offshore' March 2008 Issue
It’s tradition at West Point for freshmen to greet upperclassmen with the slogan “Beat Navy”... [here]

ACHA Division I Rankings [here]

Horner Selected to Play in ACHA All-Star Game

ANNAPOLIS, MD (Thursday, March 18, 2008)
The American College Hockey Association (ACHA) announced today that Navy senior defenseman
Donnie Horner has been selected to participate in the ACHA Men's Division-1 Ice Hockey All-Star Game [here]

 

Navy Hockey Beats Virginia
ANNAPOLIS, MD (Thursday, March 6, 2008)
Navy’s ice hockey team got goals from five different skaters to lead the Midshipmen to a 6-2 victory
over the University of Virginia Cavaliers to win the inaugural Military Club Hockey Tournament.
The Mids went undefeated... [here]

 

ESCHL Announces End of Season Awards
ANNAPOLIS, MD (Wednesday, February 20, 2008)
Navy seniors Donnie Horner and Nick Schwob, along with junior Matt Swezey, were among 
Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (ESCHL) players earning major post-season honors,
league commissioner Brian Moran announced today. [here]

Steamed Mids can't land Crabpot crown
Published February 10, 2008
By MIKE MOREA For The Capital
The Naval Academy hockey team was able to open the new McMullen Hockey arena,
but lacked the discipline to bring home its 11th Crabpot Trophy in the 31-year existence
of the tournament. [here]

 Navy skates past Georgetown
 Published February 08, 2008
 Navy played Georgetown University at McMullen Ice Area on Wednesday, February 06, 2008.
[here]

Navy hockey prevails beating West Chester and Maryland
 Published January 28, 2008
Navy played West Chester University at McMullen Ice Area on Friday, January 25, 2008. [here]

Navy athletics enjoying new $16.5M complex
By EARL KELLY, Staff Writer
Published December 17, 2007
Walking through the Naval Academy's $16.5 million Brigade Sports Complex -
with its sparkling halls and fresh paint - academy Assistant Athletic Director Jon
Brianas said it hasn't taken long for midshipmen to start using the new facility on
Greenbury Point [Full Story]

Navy Hockey vs. University of Delaware [here]
CAPITALonline
Published January 09, 2008

Naval Academy To Dedicate Brigade Sports Complex On Saturday
Oct. 25, 2007
ANNAPOLIS, MD - The $16.5 million privately funded Thornton D. and Elizabeth S. Hooper
Brigade Sports Complex will be officially dedicated by the United States Naval Academy and the
Naval Academy Athletic Association on Saturday, October 27, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. [Full Story]

Navy puts first one on ice
Mids defeat Terps as new rink opens
By MIKE MOREA For The Capital
Published September 22, 2007
On a night of firsts at the U.S. Naval Academy, the ice hockey team accomplished most of the firsts.
To go along with the inaugural intercollegiate hockey game at the new McMullen Rink, Navy secured its
first victory of the 2007-2008 campaign by downing in-state rival Maryland, 6-3. [Full Story]

Navy Hockey Opens Regular Season With New Coach, New Rink and New League
 By Ray Feldmann
ANNAPOLIS, MD (Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007) -- History will be made tomorrow
night (Friday, Sept. 21) when the U.S. Naval Academy's ice hockey team faces
off against the University of Maryland Terrapins at McMullen Rink at 7:30
p.m.[Full Story]


Players Learn the 'Real' Meaning of Commitment
By Wayne Fish, phillyBurbs.com
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Sacrifice and commitment are important to building a close-knit sports team,
but they’re quintessential to the success of midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy [Full Story].


 Flyers spend weekend looking for chemistry
 By Tim Panaccio, Inquirer Staff Writer
Every training camp under Flyers coach Ken Hitchcock has included a "team bonding" exercise.
Twice it has been at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. This past weekend, the
Flyers spent a day and a half at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD [Full Story].


 Washington Capitals Visit Naval Academy Hockey Team
Story Number: NNS060919-18
Release Date: 9/19/2006 7:40:00 PM
By Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chris Lussier, U.S. Naval Academy Public Affairs
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (NNS) -- The Washington Capitals, Washington, D.C.’s, professional hockey team,
spent Sept. 16 with the U.S. Naval Academy’s hockey team at the academy’s obstacle course for a day
of team-building exercises [Full Story].
 

Rick Randazzo Earns 100th Win as the Naval Academy Head Coach
 2005-23-Oct
You could almost hear Navy ice hockey coach Rick Randazzo exhale this past
Sunday when the scoreboard clock at Villanova’s Ice Works rink finally read 0:00. 
When the final horn sounded, Randazzo had his career 100th coaching victory
behind the Navy bench safely tucked away.  But it didn’t come easy [Full Story]...